Passenger dragged by Elizabeth line train with hand stuck in the door
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A passenger was forced to run alongside an Elizabeth line train after it left a station with their hand trapped in the door. It had just gone midnight – 12.07 am – on November 24 when a passenger attempted to board a train at Ealing Broadway station.
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But the doors shut on their hand and the train started moving, leaving them with minor injuries. ‘The passenger… was forced to run alongside it for several metres before being pulled away by a member of railway staff who was working on the platform’, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) said.
‘The driver was alerted to what was happening by nearby passengers, and the train stopped after moving approximately 17 metres (56ft).’. An RAIB investigation has now been launched into what happened, the roles of those involved and the management of risks associated with passengers boarding and disembarking Elizabeth line trains.
The government agency previously investigated two instances of passengers being dragged along London Underground platforms after their coats got stuck in train doors. One of those passengers – a 101-year-old woman – was seriously injured after being dragged by a northbound Northern line train after getting off at Archway in February.
The other involved a woman who had got in closing doors while attempting to board another Northern line train at Chalk Farm. She was dragged 20 metres along the platform before the zip ripped off the jacket. The driver was unaware until the next station.
